AndyLaw wrote:One additional point, we would be on the same points as Saints and 2 clear of Leeds with a game in hand on both, if we had taken the 2 points in the first half, like the management team wanted. Instead the players were a bit too eager to run it. Surely they must have known this was likely to be a close game, and to take the points when you can.
But on the other side of the coin, Leeds got a penalty in the dying seconds of the first half. It would have been easy to get the ball to Sinfield for a drop goal but Burrow killed it with a kick to touch!
AndyLaw wrote:One additional point, we would be on the same points as Saints and 2 clear of Leeds with a game in hand on both, if we had taken the 2 points in the first half, like the management team wanted. Instead the players were a bit too eager to run it. Surely they must have known this was likely to be a close game, and to take the points when you can.
It is not that simple though. Keeping the pressure up and tiring the other team often pays off later in the game, although you may not neccessarily be rewarded with points at the time. If we had have taken the 2 and let Leeds off the hook then Leeds might not have been dead on their feet in the last 15 minutes which facilitated the comeback. I personally am a much bigger fan of this approach than taking the 2.